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Leather Mounting Plaques

Sunday, October 18, 2009 by Cathe Holden

I bought some small, 3″ leather furniture swatches at the thrift store recently and came up with a fun way to repurpose them. Mounting plaques for jewelry! These little swatches can often be found on ebay, or, if you don’t … Read more

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Ornamental Freebies

Thursday, October 15, 2009 by Cathe Holden

I think my all-time favorite collection of anything is my library of rare commercial art books, which include such things as early 1900s jewelry engraving instructional guides.From them I pulled some fantastic ornamental illustrations and Alphabets out to share with … Read more

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Just For Fun

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Cathe Holden

(Sometimes we all need a little validation.)

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